CURED MEAT EMBARGO
U.S. Move May Benefit N.Z.
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 13. The Minister of Industries and Commerce (Mr Holloway) announced today that he had 'received advice from the Senior Trade Commissioner in Washington that the United States Department of Agriculture had placed an immediate embargo on imports of cured meats from countries with foot-and-mouth disease. An exception from the embargo was meats which were fully dried and boned. It was understood that this embargo is aimed at raw meats transported in brine as it has been demonstrated conclusively that the brine does not inactivate the foot-and-mouth virus. Mr Holloway said that, according to his advice, the embargo was likely to be permanent. The importance of this move from the New Zealand meat industry’s point of view was that the type of meat concerned was used for manufacturing purposes and there were yearly imports of about 60.000 tons.
It seemed probable that this action could lead to a stronger demand for manufacturing meats from other sources, including New Zealand, and this could be of considerable benefit, to New Zealand producers.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28894, 14 May 1959, Page 14
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